CRESCENS, DIOSCORIDES, PAUL and HELLADIUS (Saints) Martyrs (May 28) (3rd century) Zealous Roman Christians who, for preaching the Gospel, were scourged and afterwards burned to death (A.D. 244 about). The Saint Helladius, Bishop and Martyr, commemorated on the same or preceding day, appears to be other than the Saint Helladius here mentioned.